I am fairly new to Wordpress theme development, and I'm trying to structure my code using the best practices possible In your opinion whats the better option to import javascript files:

OPTION 1

<script src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/js/anime.min.js"></script

OPTION 2

 wp_enqueue_script('some_script(s)');

in terms of loading time ?

Thanks in advance !

I am fairly new to Wordpress theme development, and I'm trying to structure my code using the best practices possible In your opinion whats the better option to import javascript files:

OPTION 1

<script src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/js/anime.min.js"></script

OPTION 2

 wp_enqueue_script('some_script(s)');

in terms of loading time ?

Thanks in advance !

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Share Improve this question asked Jan 2, 2020 at 15:56 Pedro FerreiraPedro Ferreira 17911 silver badge1010 bronze badges 3

• Where in the page are you putting option 1? That's likely the only difference in load time, as option 2 will also generate a script tag but put it at the end of the page by default. – Rup Commented Jan 2, 2020 at 15:58
• the option 1 was used in the footer.php – Pedro Ferreira Commented Jan 2, 2020 at 16:24
• Then they should be equivalent. wp_enqueue_script will generate script tags where your footer.php calls wp_footer. – Rup Commented Jan 2, 2020 at 16:25

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Option 2. Option 1 is just flat out incorrect, not a valid alternative. The proper methods for loading CSS and JavaScript in WordPress are documented here. Also, there's no meaningful performance difference between the two.